Provo High School - Provost Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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Adele Buckwalter helps Ronald Gardner check out a book on reading day in their English class. Students were to read several books each term. STRUGGLING WITH NOUNS, verbs, book reports, themes, Shakespeare, and exams were all a part of the students’ daily life at Provo High School. Since English was a required subject, all of the student body took an active part in learning about our language. Courses in Practical English, English II, III, IV, and an advanced placement class were offered. Students who planned to attend college after graduation found that these courses would be especially helpful and necessary later on. SOPHOMORES SOON discovered that English was a very complex language. Ordinary everyday speech proved to be a complicated network of diagrams. Literature, as well as grammar, had its place in the English II classes. The world of Shakespeare was introduced to tenth graders, particularly his well-known Julius Caesar. They also read a novel about miserly Silas Marner whose life was completely changed. JUNIORS LEARNED that reading for the author’s purpose and universal truth made interpretive literature more meaningful. They became familiar with the works of such famous authors as Poe and Hawthorne. Our Town was the play which they studied. They also read novels each term, memorized grammatical definitions and rules, and learned more about the basal parts of the sentence, and the eight parts of speech. “OUT, OUT BRIEF CANDLE.” sounded familiar to all the seniors who studied Macbeth. They also learned how to develop thesis statements and continued to practice writing themes— trying, of course, to perfect them. Many hours were spent by the seniors in compiling notes and ideas to prepare their research papers. Languages Develop Creative Thinking PAUL LLOYD — Spanish, Retail Merchandising. Sponsor Spanish and Dcca clubs. School Spirit chairman. SHIRLF.Y THOMAS — English IV. Graduate of Brigham Young University, second year of teaching at Provo High. FRANK WILLES — English II and English III. Junior Class Assembly and parties, corrects Provost copy. —22—

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BERT ASAY — American Problems, World History. Sophomore counselor. U.N. Club chairman, caps and gowns. KAY M. WILLIAMS — World History. Sponsor of Sophomore Class as- Mr. Crabb explains to Peter Oleson and Judy Ritz some questions they missed on a test. Jun- sembly, and sophomore Class parties. iors found the American history books never-ending, especially when studying for a test. LEE CRABB — American History, Commercial Law. Chairman Social Science Department, Projection Club sponsor. KENNETH E. WEIGHT — World History. PA announcements, Assembly committee chairman and activity cards. THEODORE HAYNES—World History Sponsor of Sophomore Class Assembly and parties, sponsor of Projection Club. —21—

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JOAN BRITSCH — English II. Girls’ Organization Preference Ball, sponsor of Sophomore Gass Assembly and party. DALE JARMAN — Spanish II, English II. Sponsor of the Spanish Oub, responsible for Sophomore Gass Dance. ANNA S TAYLOR — English III and IV. Elsie C. Carroll Short Story Contest, Girls’ Organization advisor. V01T ROPER — English III and English IV. Sponsor of Key Club, Senior Hop and assembly, and senior parties. E. JANICE LEWIS — English II, and English III. Girls’ Organization, replaced Mrs. Holland in first term. CALVIN BARTHOLOMEW—German, English II. English III. Sponsor of German Gub, Sophomore Class Dance. GLADYS NELSON — Speech I, English A. P. IV. Assembly Chairman, Preference Ball, sponsor of F. T. A. activities. Front Row: Diane Allred, Gayle Rogers, Ray Taylor; Back Row: Bob Norton, Dwight Bingham. Spanish classes work with teaching machines.